Friday, 30 August 2013

Single Review: Jagga - 'Out of Control'

East London based singer and producer Jagga started the year by parting ways with major label Sony and "the carefully crafted vocal melodies and standard musical structures" expected of him on the label, in favour of exploring a rawer and more creative approach to writing and the delivery of his vocals and his sound. Fortunately, this change of direction and experimentation has paid of and this can be seen in his new single 'Out Of Control'....

Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Video: Laura Welsh - Cold Front

Laura Welsh || Website || Tumblr Buy 'Cold Front EP' || iTunes 'Cold Front' is the follow up single to Laura Welsh's' Dev Hynes produced track 'Unravel' released earlier this year through Luv Luv Luv. This follow up single, (Released on July 15th through Polydor/ Outsider) is a seductive, soulful electronic/ pop track that has an authentic, urban feel to it. The video is just as mesmerising as Laura's vocals, largely down to...

Video: Sundara Karma - 'Freshbloom'

Sundara Karma || Facebook With a self-proclaimed sound "more refreshing than sunshine", Reading based four piece Sundara Karma are a promising young act certainly making a name for themselves on the unsigned British indie scene off the back of their luminous, tropic-infused, debut single 'Freshbloom'.   The track comes with a video directed & edited by Daniel Rands and animated by Tashi Reeve featuring the band looking super...

Video: Editors - 'Formaldehyde' & November Tour Dates

Editors || Website || Facebook || Twitter  Pre-order 'Formaldehyde' || iTunes On the 2nd of September Editors will release the second single, 'Formaldehyde' taken from their fourth album 'The Weight of Your Love' via Play It Again Sam. The track comes with a video that signifies the debut project of acclaimed film director Ben Wheatley ( 'Kill List', 'Sightseers' and channel 4 funded 'A Field In England') within...

Friday, 23 August 2013

Strummerville and King’s Cross celebrate an intimate event for Joe Strummer's Birthday

Gone, but not forgotten, Kings Cross and Strummerville had a little shindig this week (Wednesday 21st August) in celebration of co-founder and lead singer of The Clash, Joe Strummer's, would be 61st Birthday. The evening entailed a drinks reception and live ukulele performance on Kings Cross Viewing Platform overlooking Granary Square from Paul Redfern of punk rock tribute ukulele band The pUKES. Here he is, doing his thing! Kings...

Video: The Director's Cut of Nirvana's - 'Heart Shaped Box'

Nirvana || Website || Facebook ||   You all remember Nirvana's hit 'Heart Shaped Box' released as a single on their 'In Utero' album back in 1993 don't you? Well, Check out Anton Corbijn's 'Director's Cut' of the accompanying video for the track which is now available online. The 'Director's Cut' includes alternate footage previously only available to view on a DVD entitled 'The Work of Director Anton Corbijn' which is a show...

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Fenech-Soler - 'Magnetic' (Jakob Liedholm remix)

 Fenech-Soler || Website Jakob Liedholm || Website For us, Fenech-Soler's music always comes under the category 'if it's not broken. don't fix it' where we like every little slice of  superb electro-pop just the way it is! So, we were prematurely apprehensive when we were introduced to this remix  of 'Magnetic', courtesy of  17 year old, Swedish, progressive house, whizz kid producer Jakob Liedholm.  Turns...

Gavin James covers Daft Punk - 'Get Lucky' (feat. Pharell Williams)

Gavin James|| Facebook || Twitter Back in May Gavin James recorded a really chilled out, acoustic cover of Daft Punk's - 'Get Lucky' for Secret TV where his vocal performance is just as suave as Pharrell in its own right and Gavin's hitting all those high notes spot on! Give it a listen if you've not already come across it and let us know what you think! We sure feel like we got lucky hearing it. Also, click here for UK support...

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Tripwires reveal four free download remixes of 'Catherine, I Feel Sick' and are confirmed for Reading & Leeds Festivals

  Tripwires || Website || Facebook ||Buy debut album 'Spacehopper' || iTunes || Amazon || Frenchkiss RecordsReading shoegaze four-piece Tripwires have revealed four remixes of their track 'Catherine I Feel Sick' taken from their debut album 'Spacehopper' which was released through Frenchkiss Records on June 18th of this year.Available for free download below, the unique remixes are by Brooklyn's self produced electronic musician Boots...

Artist to Check Out: Daniel James & 'A Lonely Man' Music Video.

Daniel James is s a 23 year old singer from Northern Ireland. Having been based in London cultivating his musical career for the past 2 years, 2013 has already seen Daniel release two songs entitled 'Jackdaw' and 'The Stone And The Hollow' whose piano laden melodies, emotional, invasive vocals and profound lyricism have already caused quite a stir earning him comparisons between the likes of Kodaline and Tom Odell. Returning with his...

Single: The Art Club - 'Sorry'

The Art Club Website Brighton based  four-piece The Art Club are made up of David Murdoch - (guitar and vocals), Ellis Dickson - (drums), Daisy Rylance - (keyboard) and Matt Purdon - (bass). Combining a melancholy 80s influence with a dream pop meets post punk sound, The Art Club have released their latest single  'Sorry',  for free on Cool For Cats Records. 'Sorry' is a lazy, summery song with an underlying melancholy...

Saturday, 17 August 2013

Band To Check Out: Four Phonica

Berlin based electronic/alternative rock four-piece, Four Phonica are Mark Gritsenko (vox, guitars), Daria Chepel (vox, synths), Alexander Petrovsky (bass, synths) and Valery Derevyansky (drums)  who are making energetic emotional rock music which trickles through a cold electronic sound.  Being made up of two former Ukrainian acts, Sexinspace and Marakesh, Four Phonica have a wide following in their homeland...

Band To Check Out: Everywhere

Everywhere || Website Meet Everywhere, a five-piece alternative rock collective hailing from Stockholm, Sweden. What's their aim? To redefine the perception of the typical indie band with their 'post-pop' sound. Their first single 'Eddie' blends soft piano, rowdy drums, pop hooks and hard guitar and is a love story that front man, lead vocalist and songwriter Max Berga explains was written "about an ex-girlfriend of [his] that...

Video: iTCH - 'Life Is Poetry' (Spoken Word)

iTCH || Website Check out the almighty London based MC and poet  iTCH's stripped back spoken-word video of his track 'Life Is Poetry.The simple video is set in black and white and shows a close up of iTCH's face as he confidently shares his extraordinary lyrical ability, which switches between themes of political disappointment and his own contentious thoughts that only intensify and deepen as the reading goes on. Absolutely...

Friday, 16 August 2013

Video: The 1975 - 'Sex' (acoustic)

  http://the1975.com/ In light of the upcoming release of their much sought after self-titled debut album, The 1975 have unveiled a ridiculously beautiful, intimate, version of their new single, 'Sex'. The stripped back arrangement features as a B-side on their 'Sex' single - out on August 26th, a week ahead of the release of the album. Check out the acoustic version of 'Sex' below: ...

Video: Elephant Stone - 'Love The Sinner Hate The Sin'

http://www.elephantstonemusic.com/  Montreal four-piece, Elephant Stone recently premiered their new video for catchy, melodic, psych-pop track  'Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin' taken from their second full length self-titled album.  Featuring colourful kaleidoscope, hallucinogenic projections which absorb the band whilst they're doing what they do best spreading their 'psychedilified hindie-rock mantra." E...

Video: The High Wire - 'LNOE'

http://www.thehighwire.net/ London-based three-piece The High Wire consists of Tim Crompton, Ross Forrest, and Alexia Hagen. On June 11th they premiered their awesome new track 'LNOE' through Pigeons and Planes ahead of it's official single release date of 29th July 2013. To coincide with the single release, the track now comes with an official video. Directed by Mat Whitecross (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, The Road To...

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Pre-Release stream of John Mayer - 'Paradise Valley' on iTunes

Paradise Valley pre-order on iTunes: || Paradise Valley pre-order on Amazon: John Mayer Born and Raised World Tour dates 2013 Next week sees the release of John Mayer's new album 'Paradise Valley', so as a treat it's available to stream in its entirety on iTunes up until the release date (August 20th). Produced with long time collaborator Don Was (who also co-produced Mayer’s #1 charting Gold-certified 2012 release 'Born and Raised') collectively,...

Video: Josh Record covers Lana Del Rey - 'Summertime Sadness'

        http://joshrecord.com/ ||https://soundcloud.com/joshrecord     The enigma that is Josh Record strikes again with another unique cover. This time it's Lana Del Rey - 'Summertime Sadness'. Recorded by Josh in his studio, the cover is big on synth and electronic production, once again showing Josh Record's experimental approach to music, where he is seemingly boundary free and unafraid to mix it...

Video: Dear Joy - 'Cartoon Song'

Dear Joy is the bright and breezy music project created by the beautiful Thai/Scandinavian singer/songwriter Lou Vilstrup.  Fusing various styles, including acoustic folk/acoustic pop/ and alternative jazz, Dear Joy have created a wonderfully charming five-track EP. One of the tracks from the EP 'Cartoon Song' comes with a lovely home made video that begins in black and white where Lou Vilstrup makes her way off...

Band To Check Out: Drones

  www.facebook.com/dronesuk   ||  www.twitter.com/dronesuk   ||  www.lockjawrecords.co.uk If you're on point with your UK punk rock/ glam rock you might remember politically-charged, 70's  four-piece The Drones; so, it's either an uncanny coincidence or some form of tribute that the band we want you to check out today are a politically-charged punk/hardcore four-piece...

Video: Riva Starr Feat Rssll - 'Kill Me'

http://rivastarr.com/   ||  http://snatchrecords.com/ London producer and DJ, Riva Starr, released his second album 'Hand In Hand' last month (1st July) via Snatch! Records , and we're really digging the video that accompanies his track 'Kill Me' taken from the aforementioned album. 'Kill Me' features Rssll on vocals (of indie band The Research) has a chilled- out fun and catchy sound that takes on a bit of a 90's Fat...

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Gavin James: UK Support Tour and Debut EP news

www.gavinjamesmusic.com We're been quite fond of Gavin James over at The Sound Of Confusion ever since we were introduced to him earlier on in the year (Check out our feature on him here) so, we're really excited to share news of the dates he will be performing in the UK this year! Gavin will be supporting Ryan Keen on a big tour of the UK throughout October, which will coincide with  the release of Gavin's debut EP 'Remember...

Video: Octopuses - 'Sarcastic'

https://www.facebook.com/octopusesband Here's some infectious indie-pop in the form of 'Sarcastic' the debut single from brand new Brighton five-piece, Octopuses! They've just posted the video to accompany the track, which is very light-hearted showing the band  looking forlorn, miserable, without hope and their thoughts/ conversations being expressed via big, yellow, cardboard speech bubbles held by men in green...

Video Review: Helene Greenwood - 'In The Sunshine'

Helene Geenwood || Website || Facebook || Twitter On 23rd September, charming, London based singer-songwriter Helene Greenwood releases ‘In The Sunshine’ – the first single taken from her upcoming debut album, ‘Collectable You.’ With likenings to  the wonderful Regina Spektor, my original thought was that Helene's music sounds a little like a maturer  and richer version of Gregory and The...

Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Yellowcard stream 'Ocean Avenue Acoustic' in its entirety

Awesome news guys, Yellowcard are streaming  'Ocean Avenue Acoustic' in full over on Youtube ahead of its release next week. So, give it a good old listen and if you're in the UK in November, make sure you catch them live at any of the dates below. UK DATES 12th November Trinity, Bristol 14th NovemberRNCM Concert Hall, Manchester 15th NovemberUnion Chapel, London                      SOLD OUT  16th NovemberWarped Tour, Alexandra Palace 17th NovemberWarped...

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Video: The 1975 - 'Sex'

As the date is ever approaching for The 1975's highly anticipated, self-titled, debut album to drop, the band have now released the video for their new single 'Sex' accompanied with a really cool statement explaining the vid: "The main idea behind the new video for “Sex” was centered around us wanting to incorporate a narrative that acted out the lyrical content of the song. It felt important for the narrative to be the true...

Monday, 5 August 2013

Video: Falling Off Maps - 'Honest'

  'Honest' is the haunting debut single from Nottingham's Falling Off Maps; an alternative/rock five-piece consisting of Dave Wright (vocals / guitar), Dane Prewett (bass / electronics), Joe Watts (guitar), Tom Harrison (piano) and Jay Wright (drums).Their sound has been aptly described as "somewhere between Radiohead, Bon Iver, Wild Beasts and early Elbow" which means that their debut album 'A Seaside Town In Winter' due for release...

Saturday, 3 August 2013

Crystal Palace Garden Party 2013 3 Day Festival Of Music

At a loose end on the weekend of 16th - 18th of August? Get yourself down to Crystal Palace Park for a weekend of fun, frolics and great music! Where? Crystal Palace Park What? 3 day Festival of Music - 2 days of Rock and 1 day Proms with fireworks. When? Friday 16th August, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August 2013. - In support of St Christopher's Hospice - Famous for it's legendary '70's – 80’s rock...